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https://www.businessinsider.com/video-tua-tagovailoa-father-used-belt-interceptions-2018-12Tua Tagovailoa gave some dark details of how far his father went to turn him into one of the best players in college footballhttps://www.businessinsider.com/video-tua-tagovailoa-father-used-belt-interceptions-2018-12
Mon, 07 Jan 2019 20:06:00 -0500Meredith Cash
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<li>Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback Tua <span>Tagovailoa has put up astounding numbers.</span>
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<span>In a widely-criticized interview with reporter Tom Rinaldi that aired on ESPN's "College Gameday," Tagovailoa detailed</span> his father's influence <span>in making him into the dominant athlete he is today.</span>
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<span>Tagovailoa's</span> father, Galu, forced his eldest son to throw left-handed, beat him with a belt when he threw interceptions, and chose where Tua would play in college.</li>
<li>Many college football <span>fans and insiders took to social media to express their disapproval of both Galu's punishments and ESPN's positive reporting of such behavior.</span>
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<p>Tua <span>Tagovailoa has taken the world of college football by storm, putting up astounding numbers in leading Alabama to another College Football Playoff.</span></p>
<p><span>But the Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback seemingly walked a long road en route to Tuscaloosa.</span></p>
<p><span>In a widely-criticized interview with reporter Tom Rinaldi that aired on ESPN's "College Gameday" this week, Tagovailoa detailed his father's influence in making him into the dominant athlete he is today. Some of Galu Tagovailoa's behavior, however, came across less as motivational than it did abusive.</span></p>
<p><span>The feature began with Tua explaining that his natural instinct is to use his right hand. He continues to write and eat with his right hand to this day. But when Galu began football training with Tua at the ripe age of two years old, Galu forced his eldest son — who is famous for throwing left-handed — to switch to his non-dominant hand.</span></p>
<p><span>"Because I'm the only lefty in the family, I felt like 'okay, I'm gonna make my son a lefty," Galu said.</span></p>
<p><span>As Tua got older and began playing football at Saint Louis School in Oahu, the pressure his father placed on him to perform seemingly increased.</span></p>
<p><span>"If I don't perform well or I don't perform the way I'm supposed to, I'm gonna get it after," Tua said.</span></p>
<p><span>Rinaldi — who simply described Galu as a "demanding audience" during the feature — asked Tua for clarification.</span><span></span></p>
<p><span>"Just know that the belt was involved and other things were involved as well," Tua said. "And it's almost the same with school. If I don't get this grade... I'm gonna have to suffer the consequences."</span></p>
<p><span>Galu described running a no-nonsense household, which includes him, his wife, Diane, and their five children. He said the two most important things to the family are faith and discipline.</span><span></span></p>
<p><span>"He means the bible and the belt," Diane clarified.</span></p>
<p><span>Galu acknowledged he is tough on his son.</span></p>
<p><span>"He could go 15-for-15 with four touchdowns, but when he throws a pick, it's the worst game," Galu said. "It's the worst game."</span></p>
<p><span>Tua envisioned himself playing in the Pac-12, but when it came time to make his college decision, he did as he was taught to do and deferred to his father.</span></p>
<p><span>"My father is the decision maker within the family," Tua said. "Whether I wanted to go to other schools or not, my dad had the final say with where I was going."</span></p>
<p><span>After the segment reached its conclusion, ESPN's Desmond Howard joking compared Galu to Joe Jackson, the father of Michael Jackson and the rest of the Jackson 5 who was notorious for physically and emotionally abusing his children while managing their music careers.</span></p>
<p><span>Many college football fans and insiders took to social media to express their disapproval of both Galu's abusive tendencies and ESPN's positive reporting of such behavior.</span></p>
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Is this ESPN piece on Tua really telling me that Tua's dad hit his kid with a belt after not great HS games and playing it off like it's no big deal? </p>— Tony Gerdeman (@TonyGerdeman) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1068904448121024517?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 1, 2018</a>
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Very heartwarming story about Tua Tagovailoa and his family on <a href="https://twitter.com/CollegeGameDay?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CollegeGameDay</a>. It was a story of totalitarianism and an autocratic father beating his son with a belt for throwing interceptions. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ohana?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ohana</a> </p>— Tennessee Williams (@TN_Williams) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1068908568592637952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 1, 2018</a>
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So to recap, Tua Tagovailoa’s dad:<br><br>- forced him to be a lefty<br>- beat him after he had a bad game<br>- chose his school <br><br>Tua is an incredible talent and somehow seems to have a good head on his shoulders, but that is the absolutely worst type of youth sports parent. </p>— Alex Wilcox (@AlexWilcoxWNDU) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1068906208105504768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 1, 2018</a>
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Was that GameDay story about Tua’s dad threatening to beat his son with a belt if he played bad supposed to be heartwarming? </p>— Bill Landis (@BillLandis25) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1068904453837910016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 1, 2018</a>
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Spanking your kid because they did something wrong I can live with. I was spanked growing up.<br><br>Using the belt on your kid because threw an interception or had a bad game? <br><br>That Tua interview, oof. </p>— Benjamin Allbright (@AllbrightNFL) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1068911469268353024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 1, 2018</a>
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<p>One person, at least, did not seem to take issue with Galu's comments:</p>
<p>"There's a respect there that is almost uncommon," Alabama head coach Nick Saban said. "'My father knows best, he wants what's best for me, and I'm always going to respect and listen to what he has to say.'"</p>
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<p><em>This post was originally published on December 8, 2018 and has been updated.</em></p><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/video-tua-tagovailoa-father-used-belt-interceptions-2018-12#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> <p>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/300-million-world-cup-stadium-is-nearly-abandoned-2018-6">Brazil spent an estimated $300 million on a World Cup stadium that now sits nearly abandoned</a></p> https://www.businessinsider.com/nick-saban-film-room-2018-11Nick Saban's reaction to a great defensive play shows his never-ending attention to detail and how he is never satisfiedhttps://www.businessinsider.com/nick-saban-film-room-2018-11
Sat, 29 Dec 2018 21:48:00 -0500Tyler Lauletta
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<li><strong>The Alabama Crimson Tide are the best team in college football, thanks in no small part to head coach Nick Saban's attention to detail.</strong></li>
<li><strong>In a recent SEC Network segment, Saban broke down an interception Alabama had against Ole Miss, still finding flaws in his defense's play despite the successful outcome.</strong></li>
<li><strong>It's moments like this that make it obvious why Saban is one of the best coaches in football.</strong></li>
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<p>The Crimson Tide have won an astounding five national championships since 2009, and it's possible that the 2018 team is the best that the school has ever produced.</p>
<p>But even with their run of dominance, head coach Nick Saban can still find flaws in his team.</p>
<p>In a recent edition of the SEC Network's "Film Room," Saban sat down with David Greene to break down a few plays from Alabama's win over Ole Miss earlier in the year.</p>
<p>While talking about one play, Saban compliments his safeties on how they hid their coverage — a move that led to an interception and a huge return that set up an Alabama touchdown. But despite the takeaway, Saban still saw room for improvement.</p>
<p><span>Deionte Thompson, who picked off the pass, had taken the wrong route while returning the interception. While he managed to get the ball all the way to the Ole Miss 15-yard line, Saban suggested he could have scored if he had returned the ball the way they had practiced.</span></p>
<p><span>You can hear Saban's disappointment in the video below.</span></p>
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<p><br>You might think that an interception would be enough for a defensive player — the goal of the defense is to stop opposing offenses from scoring — but for Saban, there's always room to be better.</p>
<p>Saban's attention to detail is one of the reasons he's considered the best coach in college football, and a big part of why the Crimson Tide is in the national title picture every year.</p>
<p>His keen eye for mistakes is famous even among his players — when quarterback Tua <span>Tagovailoa was told after a game that Saban had said he exceeded expectations, he responded with disbelief.</span></p>
<p><span>"He has to be joking with you guys because that's definitely not what Coach Saban tells us," Tagovailoa said. "There's always room for improvement. Not only with Coach Saban but within our whole coaching staff and within ourselves, too. There's always room for improvement.”</span></p>
<p><span>The Alabama Crimson Tide are currently 8-0, their closest game being a 45-23 victory over Texas A&amp;M. They look well on their way to another national title but don't expect Saban to be taking it easy any time soon.</span></p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/college-football-playoff-ranking-winners-losers-chaos-2018-10" >The first College Football Playoff ranking has winners, losers, question marks, and one clear path to chaos</a></strong></p>
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Tue, 28 Aug 2018 12:04:42 -0400Tyler Lauletta
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<li><strong>Just days before the start of the season, Alabama head coach Nick Saban has refused to name a starting quarterback.</strong></li>
<li><strong>Both Jalen Hurts and Tua Tagovailoa have strong cases to win the job, but Saban has given no hint as to which one will be favored heading into the Crimson Tide's season opener.</strong></li>
<li><strong>Keeping both quarterbacks in the dark likely helped Alabama in the long run, but made it tougher for whichever player finds himself on the sidelines to start the year.</strong></li>
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<p><br>On Saturday the reigning champion Alabama Crimson Tide will begin its 2018 season against Louisville.</p>
<p>Nick Saban and the Tide are favored to win that game by 24 points and are favorites to repeat as champions at the end of the year, even though their team is missing one key feature — a starting quarterback.</p>
<p>Just five days before the season begins, Saban is still coy over which of his two stud quarterbacks will take the starting role — Jalen Hurts or Tua Tagovailoa.</p>
<p>Both players have a strong case to win the job. Hurts has been the starter at Bama for two straight seasons now, and lead the Tide to a 26-2 record and two consecutive national title games. It's about as strong a resume as you can imagine, but Hurts has been less than effective in both of Bama's championship games and was eventually benched at halftime of last year's title game, opening the door for Tagovailoa to lead Alabama to an unbelievable comeback victory.</p>
<p>This leaves Saban with a difficult choice — does he start the player that's carried Alabama to consecutive title games or the player that won one of them? So far, he's elected simply not to choose, listing both players as co-starters on depth charts.</p>
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<p><br>Saban isn't just coy in his paperwork. When asked repeatedly by reporters to explain the starting situation, Saban would only respond by highlighting that there is always competition at every position on his roster and that he'd tell the media his decision when he is ready.</p>
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Message from Nick Saban: Don't believe everything you read on the Depth Chart <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RollTide?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RollTide</a> <a href="https://t.co/1OxXSHZCbc">pic.twitter.com/1OxXSHZCbc</a> </p>— Chris Renkel CBS 42 (@Chris_Renkel) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1034156436123725825?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 27, 2018</a>
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<p><br>While Saban's reluctance to designate either player as the team's starter heading into the season isn't a huge problem for Alabama, it will likely prove frustrating for whichever young player misses out on the job. Both Hurts and Tagovailoa have multiple years of eligibility left, and either one of them would have been highly recruited transfers had they found out they were going to wind up second on the depth chart this year.</p>
<p>Keeping both players works to the benefit of Saban — having a capable backup that was ready to go on a moment's notice is what won them a national championship last year. But Saban's insistence that the competition is still ongoing likely robbed one of them of a starting opportunity elsewhere.</p>
<p>Saban only has five more days until his secret is revealed and Alabama starts its season. Until then, Hurts and Tagovailoa will have to keep competing.</p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/college-football-playoff-chancs-power-ranking-2018-8" >The 20 schools with the best chances to make the College Football Playoff</a></strong></p>
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<li><strong>Nick Saban defended his use of a barbershop setting for new Alabama web series, "Shop Talk," saying his program will "continue to do it."</strong></li>
<li><strong>The head of "Uninterrupted," LeBron James' media company, believes the show is too similar to their barbershop show.</strong></li>
<li><strong>James responded by saying he'll "be damned" if he is going to allow somebody else "do the same thing we're doing and just think it's OK."</strong></li>
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<p><br />TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) &mdash; Alabama coach Nick Saban isn't scrapping a program that drew a complaint from LeBron James.</p>
<p>And James isn't backing down, either.</p>
<p>On Monday, a representative for James sent a letter on his behalf to Alabama, claiming the Crimson Tide's "Shop Talk" trailer uses "ideas, concepts and format" from a program on the digital media platform the Cavaliers' superstar co-founded.</p>
<p>Last year, James' "Uninterrupted" aired "The Shop," where the three-time NBA champion, Golden State forward Draymond Green and others talk in a barber shop.</p>
<p>Saban said he didn't know about James' show, and contends the concept isn't new.</p>
<p>"I think LeBron James is a great player," Saban said. "There's been at least 20 barbershop-type things I've seen. I didn't even know he had one. I'm sorry anybody could be offended by something we were just trying to have fun with. I enjoyed it and we're going to continue to do it."</p>
<p>Alabama released a trailer on Twitter for "Shop Talk" showing Saban and NFL receiver Julio Jones in a barber shop setting. "Uninterrupted" sent a letter to Alabama, citing concerns over copyright infringement and intellectual property.</p>
<p>Following Tuesday's win over Toronto in Cleveland, James was told about Saban's stance.</p>
<p>"That's exactly what I would think he would say," James said. "I built 'Uninterrupted' for a reason and for us athletes to have a platform to be able to speak about whatever we want to talk about. I respect him as a coach, but I'll be damned if I'll allow someone to use our platform or try to do the same thing we're doing and just think it's OK.</p>
<p>"The lawyers will figure it out."</p>
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<p>AP Sports Writer Tom Withers in Cleveland contributed to this report.</p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/lebron-james-uninterrupted-barbershop-show-alabama-shop-talk-2018-4" >LeBron James' media company issues warning to Alabama over potential copyright infringement</a></strong></p>
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Thu, 11 Jan 2018 12:40:04 -0500Tyler Lauletta
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<li><strong>Fans of the UCF Knights paid to put up a billboard in Alabama congratulating the Crimson Tide on their national championship victory and challenging the team to a home-and-home series.</strong></li>
<li><strong>The Knights declared themselves national champions after finishing the 2017 as the only undefeated team in the country, making fans all the more eager to challenge Bama for what they believe to be their title.</strong></li>
<li><strong>Adding games against the Crimson Tide to their schedule would also be beneficial for the Knights in that strengthening their schedule would help to ensure that they don't get left out of the playoff should the team go undefeated again.</strong></li>
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<p><br>The UCF Knights finished the 2017 college football season with an undefeated record, beating Auburn in the Peach Bowl 34-27 to move to 13-0 on the year.</p>
<p>As the only team to finish the year undefeated, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ucf-knights-national-champions-2018-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the Knights declared themselves national champions</a>, going as far as to raise a banner, hold a parade, and <a href="http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/21996408/ucf-honors-national-championship-walt-disney-world-parade" target="_blank" rel="noopener">send the team to Disney World to celebrate</a>.</p>
<p>Now that the celebrations are done and the team is looking towards next season, they want Bama.</p>
<p>A group of Knights fans raised money online to pay for a billboard in <span>Tuscaloosa, Alabama, congratulating the Crimson Tide on their win in the national championship and challenging them to a home-and-home series with the AAC power house.</span></p>
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<p>Knights fans are looking to strengthen the team's schedule in future seasons to ensure that they're team can't be left out of the playoff should they run the table again in an upcoming season. Per <a href="https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/22029795/billboard-asks-alabama-crimson-tide-wants-play-ucf-knights" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ESPN</a>:</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span>"We felt like this year's team could run with anyone in the country, and the Peach Bowl win [over Auburn] proved that," said Sean Barakett, who added that he contributed $100 toward the campaign. "All we needed was a chance to play harder opponents."</span></p>
<p>Challenging Bama has long been a tradition of fans that believe their team doesn't get the respect it deserves on a national scale, with signs reading "WE WANT BAMA!" seen at almost every stop ESPN's "College Gameday" makes throughout the season.</p>
<p>But UCF's case for a home-and-home is stronger than most — the team finished the season undefeated, and beat the only team to beat the Tide in 2017 when they took down Auburn in the Peach Bowl. Additionally, the Knights are undefeated all time against Alabama, winning the only meeting between the teams in 2000, 40-38 in Tuscaloosa.</p>
<p>It's still a long shot that Alabama would accept the offer, but if Nick Saban and company want to prove themsevels champions beyond a shadow of a doubt, this is likely as good an opportunity as they'll get.</p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/nick-saban-switch-qbs-2018-1" >Nick Saban had a simple explanation for why he made the game-changing decision to switch quarterbacks in the middle of the national championship game</a></strong></p>
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Tue, 09 Jan 2018 13:17:00 -0500Tyler Lauletta
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<li><strong>Alabama completed a huge comeback in the second half and beat Georgia in overtime to win the national championship.</strong></li>
<li><strong>The game featured several notable calls and no-calls by the officials.</strong></li>
<li><strong>The bad calls are being blamed for hurting Georgia's chances of winning the title.</strong></li>
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<p><br>The Alabama Crimson Tide <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/college-football-playoff-championship-top-plays-2018-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">won yet another national championship on Monday night</a>, beating the Georgia Bulldogs in dramatic fashion after coming back from a two touchdown deficit at halftime.</p>
<p>The hero of the comeback was <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tua-tagovailoa-alabama-comeback-championship-2018-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">backup quarterback and true freshman<span> </span>Tua Tagovailoa</a>, who took over for Jalen Hurts at halftime and provided a spark to the Crimson Tide offense. And while Tagovailoa will surely be remembered as <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/alabama-win-national-championship-2018-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the story of the night</a>, and rightfully so, there's a chance that his magical comeback wouldn't have been possible without some controversial calls by the officiating crew that went Alabama's way.</p>
<p>The first and possibly biggest of these calls came during Alabama's first drive of the second half. Head coach Nick Saban <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/nick-saban-switch-qbs-2018-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">made the decision to put in Tagovailoa</a> and the Crimson Tide offense immediately stalled and were forced to punt.</p>
<p>During the punt on fourth down, Georgia blocked the kick and recovered the ball in the red zone. But referees would call the Bulldogs offsides on the play, leading to the down to be replayed. But upon closer examination, it became clear that the Georgia defense never crossed the line before the snap, but rather timed the jump quite perfectly.</p>
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<p>As Kirk Herbstreit would point out from the announcers' booth, the correct ruling might've been a false start on two players of the Alabama punt team, but since the officials also missed that penalty, had they properly swallowed their whistles and not called Georgia offsides, the Bulldogs would have been in position to score to take a 20-0 lead and hold onto momentum.</p>
<p>Had Georgia taken a 20-point lead against a true freshman quarterback who had just led his team to a three-and-out on his first drive under center, there's a chance Bama never would've had the chance to mount a comeback.</p>
<p>Another crucial ruling that helped came just a few plays later. After Georgia received the Bama punt, Georgia quarterback Jake Fromm and company were pushed back and faced <span>third-and-21 on their first drive of the half. Georgia played it safe on the long third down. Fromm handed the ball off to D'Andre Swift, who gained four yards before being tackled by an Alabama defender who grabbed a piece of the facemask.</span></p>
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<p>The referees once again missed the call, and what would've been a 15-yard penalty and automatic first down instead became a Georgia punt. When the replay was shown on the big screens of the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, the Atlanta crowd rained boos and groans down on the officials.</p>
<p>On the ensuing Alabama possession, the Tide would score their first touchdown of the game, beginning their impressive comeback.</p>
<p>The final missed call that will surely eat at Bulldogs fans came on Alabama's game-tying touchdown with four minutes left in the game.</p>
<p>Facing fourth-and-four and needing a touchdown, Bama scored to tie the game. But Najee Harris, the running back in motion, appeared to leave a fraction of a second too early.</p>
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<p>A five-yard penalty would've pushed Alabama back to fourth-and-nine, at which point they'd need to pull off an even more impressive conversion or they might have elected to kick the field goal and hope for another stop on defense. Instead, it was a tie game with all the momentum rolling in the Tide's direction.</p>
<p>Rehashing missed penalties is a difficult task in any sport — football is a game of sliding doors where every moment affects every other moment that comes after until the final whistle blows. Still, it's impossible not to imagine that had the officials been just a little sharper on Monday night and called any one of these three moments in the game correctly, the Bulldogs could have held on to win their first national championship since 1980.</p>
<p>Instead, the reign of Alabama continues for yet another year.</p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/nick-saban-switch-qbs-2018-1" >Nick Saban had a simple explanation for why he made the game-changing decision to switch quarterbacks in the middle of the national championship game</a></strong></p>
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Tue, 09 Jan 2018 10:41:00 -0500Tyler Lauletta
<p><img src="https://static2.businessinsider.com/image/5a54d2623225deb4198b5096-1116/title-game.jpg" alt="Alabama game-winning touchdown against Georgia" data-mce-source="Christian Petersen/Getty Images"></p><p></p>
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<li><strong>Alabama won the college football national championship on Monday, defeating Georgia in overtime, 26-23.</strong></li>
<li><strong>The game came down to a dramatic, almost-unbelievable final play, in which Alabama quarterback <span>Tua Tagovailoa </span> found receiver DeVonta Smith in the end zone.</strong></li>
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<strong>The local radio calls for the game were filled with elation and anguish, depending on which side of the final score they ended up on.</strong><span></span>
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<p><br>The Alabama Crimson Tide are national champions once again after defeating the Georgia Bulldogs, 26-23, in dramatic fashion on Monday night.</p>
<p><span>Alabama was led by backup and true freshman Tua Tagovailoa, who came into the game at halftime and provided a spark to the Crimson Tide offense. The Crimson Tide mounted a second half comeback to tie the game in the fourth quarter and eventually pull out the win in overtime.</span><span></span></p>
<p><span>It was a wild, heart-pounding finish for both sides, with ups and downs on a seeming second-by-second basis, and that passion and emotion could be heard in the local radio calls of the final play from both sides.</span></p>
<p><span>In Alabama, the call was one of elation, disbelief, and in the end professionalism on the part of the Eli Gold, who has been the voice of Alabama football since 1988.</span></p>
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<p>From the Georgia side of the ball, things were obviously a bit different, as the inevitability of the touchdown can be felt in the announcer's voice while the ball is still in the air.</p>
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<p>Both Alabama and Georgia are full of young talent, so there's a chance both booths will be in a position to make the call on some similar excitement next season. Until then, congratulations Crimson Tide.</p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/nick-saban-switch-qbs-2018-1" >Nick Saban had a simple explanation for why he made the game-changing decision to switch quarterbacks in the middle of the national championship game</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>DON'T MISS:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/college-football-playoff-championship-top-plays-2018-1" >ALABAMA WINS A THRILLER IN OVERTIME! Here are the top plays and big moments everybody will be talking about</a></strong></p>
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Tue, 09 Jan 2018 08:50:00 -0500Tyler Lauletta
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<li><strong>Alabama took home the college football national championship with an overtime win against the Georgia Bulldogs, 26-23.</strong></li>
<li><strong>The key to Alabama's victory was backup quarterback and true freshman Tua Tagovailoa, who provided a spark to the Tide's offense after starter Jalen Hurts struggled out of the gate.</strong></li>
<li><strong>Tagovailoa threw three touchdowns, including the game-winner in overtime.<br></strong></li>
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<strong>After the game, Saban gave a simple explanation as to why he decided to make the risky switch at quarterback.</strong><span></span>
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<p><br>The Alabama Crimson Tide won the 2017 college football national championship on Monday night, beating the Georgia Bulldogs in overtime, 26-23, in Atlanta at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.</p>
<p>It was a game filled with big moments. But undoubtedly the biggest decision in the game came at halftime, when Alabama head coach Nick Saban choose <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tua-tagovailoa-alabama-comeback-championship-2018-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">to replace starting quarterback Jalen Hurts with true freshman Tua Tagovailoa</a> after the Tide got out to a flat start on offense.</p>
<p>When Tagovailoa came out for Alabama's first drive of the second half, many were left confused by the move. Hurts was 25-2 in his career as a starter, and the idea of giving a true freshman his first competitive playing time in the national championship against one of the best defenses in college football seems like a recipe for disaster.</p>
<p>But Saban knew what he was doing.</p>
<p>Tagovailoa led Alabama to their first points of the game and eventually he threw the game-winning touchdown in overtime to seal the title for the Tide.</p>
<p>While speaking with ESPN's <span>Tom Rinaldi after the game, Saban gave a simple explanation for why he decided to make the switch at quarterback after Hurts' play had carried the team so far in the season.</span></p>
<p>"Well, I just thought we had to throw the ball in the game, and I thought he could do it better," Saban said of Tagovailoa. "And he did."</p>
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<p>It's true — in his first half performance, Hurts completed just three passes for 21 yards and failed to get the Alabama offense moving in any significant way against the stout defense of the Georgia Bulldogs. But once the Crimson Tide made the switch, their offense came alive, and Tagovailoa would finish the game with 166 yards and three touchdowns in just a half game's worth of work.</p>
<p>For his part, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/jalen-hurts-great-response-tua-tagovailoa-alabama-championship-2018-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hurts was extremely gracious about his benching</a> for the good of the team. As Hurts would later say, his message to Tagovailoa before taking the field for the second half was one of confidence. </p>
<p><span>"Play your game. Ball."</span></p>
<p><span>He did, and now the Crimson Tide are once again national champions because of it.</span></p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/jalen-hurts-great-response-tua-tagovailoa-alabama-championship-2018-1" >Alabama quarterback Jalen Hurts had a gracious response when asked about the backup quarterback replacing him and leading the team to the championship win</a></strong></p>
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Tue, 09 Jan 2018 01:10:29 -0500Tyler Lauletta
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<li><strong>Alabama took home the college football national championship with an overtime win against the Georgia Bulldogs, 26-23.</strong></li>
<li><strong>The final two plays of the game sent players and fans alike on an emotional roller coaster ride, with Georgia almost sealing the win with an impressive defensive play before backup quarterback Tua Tagovailoa won the game with a huge touchdown pass.</strong></li>
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<strong>The amazing comeback and throw helped the Crimson Tide to their fifth title since 2008.</strong><span></span>
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<p><br>The Alabama Crimson Tide have won the college football once again, defeating the Georgia Bulldogs in dramatic fashion with a 26-23 overtime victory.</p>
<p>At first, it didn't look like any extra time would be necessary, with Alabama lining up for the game-winning field goal in the final seconds of regulation. But when <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/alabama-kicker-misses-overtime-2018-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alabama kicker </a><span><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/alabama-kicker-misses-overtime-2018-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Andy Pappanastos shanked his attempt as the clock expired</a>, both teams prepared for overtime.</span></p>
<p><span>Georgia got the ball to start overtime, and were held to a field goal on their first possession.</span></p>
<p><span>Alabama, led by backup and true freshman Tua Tagovailoa who came into the game at halftime and provided a spark to the Crimson Tide offense, would need a field goal to tie and a touchdown to win.</span></p>
<p><span>On their first play of the extra period, it looked like Tagovailoa's inexperience might have gotten the better of him. As his protection collapsed around him, Tagovailoa was unable to get rid of the ball, and tackled all the way back at the 41 yard line. It was a loss of 16 and made the task of even tying the game a daunting one.</span></p>
<p><span>You can watch the play below.</span></p>
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<p>At this point, Georgia fans must've liked their chances, while Bama fans were likely growing concerned. Their kicker had just missed from 36 yards on a kick that would've won the game, and now, if Alabama couldn't pick up a long first down, he'd need to take the field again no doubt feeling shaky.</p>
<p>Thankfully for Alabama, it wouldn't come to that.</p>
<p>On the very next play, <span>Tagovailoa would throw his best pass of the game, finding DeVonta Smith in the end zone and secure the title for the Crimson Tide, winning by a final score of 26-23.</span></p>
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<p>In a night that threw the feelings of football fans all over the country in countless directions, no sequence caused more emotional vertigo than this final sequence.</p>
<p>Congratulations to the Alabama Crimson Tide on their fifth national championship in the last decade. And to Georgia fans — best of luck next year.</p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-booed-by-fans-national-championship-2018-1" >Trump was booed by fans waiting in the rain as he arrived at the national championship game</a></strong></p>
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Tue, 02 Jan 2018 10:18:07 -0500Scott Davis
<p><strong><img src="https://static5.businessinsider.com/image/5a4ba0784aa6b580708b74c5-1329/nick saban.jpg" alt="nick saban" data-mce-source="Kevin C. Cox/Getty" /></strong></p>
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<li><strong>Nick Saban secured a $100,000 bonus with Alabama's win over Clemson in the Sugar Bowl.</strong></li>
<li><strong>Saban can make another $100,000 by winning the championship game against Georgia.</strong></li>
<li><strong>Saban has already made $300,000 in bonuses this season as part of the $11 million he'll make this year.</strong></li>
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<p><br />Nick Saban was perhaps the biggest winner of the Sugar Bowl.</p>
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/ByBerkowitz/status/948062163037499392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.saturdaydownsouth.com%2Falabama-football%2Fnick-saban-lands-big-bonus-leading-alabama-national-title-game%2F">According to USA Today's Steve Berkowitz</a>, Alabama's 24-6 win over Clemson in the Sugar Bowl on Monday earned Saban a $100,000 bonus for making the championship game. According to Berkowitz, he could earn another $100,000 if Alabama wins the championship over Georgia.</p>
<p>Berkowitz reported that Saban has already secured $300,000 in bonuses this season.</p>
<p>Berkowitz reported in May that Saban signed a contract extension worth $65 million over eight years that runs through 2025. The deal was the largest in college sports since USA Today began tracking coaching salaries in 2006.</p>
<p>Overall, Alabama's coaches are very well paid. The New York times reported in May that the entire <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/alabama-football-coaches-salaries-2017-2017-5">Alabama coaching staff will make over $17 million</a> in 2017, with Saban's assistants making a combined $6.5 million.</p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/schools-most-revenue-college-sports-texas-longhorns-2017-11" >The 27 schools that make at least $100 million in college sports</a></strong></p>
<p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/nick-saban-contract-bonus-alabama-sugar-bowl-championship-game-2018-1#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> <p>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-womens-soccer-fifa-world-cup-best-american-team-2019-6">The US women's team won the World Cup. Here's why American women are so good at soccer.</a></p> https://www.businessinsider.com/nick-saban-alabama-election-write-in-votes-2017-12Write-in votes played a role in Doug Jones' victory over Roy Moore, and Nick Saban may have been a big factorhttps://www.businessinsider.com/nick-saban-alabama-election-write-in-votes-2017-12
Wed, 13 Dec 2017 19:39:00 -0500Tyler Lauletta
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<li><strong>Democrat Doug Jones defeated Republican Roy Moore in Alabama's special election for Attorney General Jeff Sessions' US Senate seat.</strong></li>
<li><strong>The margin of Jones' victory was smaller than the total number of write-in ballots cast.</strong></li>
<li><strong>Nick Saban, the head football coach at the University of Alabama, was most likely a popular write-in candidate, with one group producing an ad showing Alabamians how to properly write his name in.</strong></li>
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<p><br>On Tuesday, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/alabama-senate-election-results-roy-moore-and-doug-jones-2017-12" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Democrat Doug Jones defeated Republican Roy Moore in an upset</a> for the Senate seat vacated by Attorney General Jeff Sessions.</p>
<p>Jones won by a close margin, beating Moore by fewer than 21,000 votes in an election with over 1.3 million votes cast. One factor that most likely broke in Jones' favor was that 22,819 write-in ballots were cast in the staunchly Republican-leaning state.</p>
<p>This, as you expected, is where Nick Saban, the head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide football team, comes in.</p>
<p>With some Republican voters in the state turned off by the allegations of sexual misconduct against Moore but unwilling to vote for a Democrat, Saban presented an option that allowed them to exercise their right to vote and endorse Alabama pride without violating any personal moral codes.</p>
<p>While Saban has no known political aspirations, he is popular in Alabama thanks to his coaching prowess that has helped the Crimson Tide along to four national championships in his 10 years with the program. Writing in a coach's name is not uncommon in politics, as evidenced by the many calls from NBA fans for <a href="https://www.popovichkerr2020.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a Popovich/Kerr ticket in 2020</a>.</p>
<p>One voter who spoke with MSNBC said he wrote in Saban's name after having a crisis of conscious in the voting booth.</p>
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<p>He most likely wasn't alone. Buzz of a Saban write-in campaign grew so much that a Democratic super PAC looking to show Alabamians how to vote for a write-in candidate used Saban's name as an example in an ad.</p>
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<p>It is unclear how many write-in voters chose Saban — surely fans of Alabama's in-state rival Auburn would be less likely to do so — or even whether those who did vote for Saban would have otherwise voted for Moore.</p>
<p>That said, it looks as if at least one of those questions will be answered thanks to <a href="https://twitter.com/mikememoli/status/940675108192088065" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a rule in Alabama</a> that calls for all write-in names to be identified and counted when the number of write-in ballots is greater than the margin between candidates, which looks to be the case here.</p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/redskins-changed-name-redhawks-hoax-2017-12" >An elaborate hoax fooled some into believing the Washington Redskins had changed their controversial name</a></strong></p>
<p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/nick-saban-alabama-election-write-in-votes-2017-12#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> <p>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tiger-woods-net-worth-successful-golfer-makes-spends-millions-2019-6">Tiger Woods has won more money than any other golfer. Here's how he makes and spends his millions.</a></p> https://www.businessinsider.com/college-football-highest-paid-coaches-2017-10The 25 highest-paid coaches in college footballhttps://www.businessinsider.com/college-football-highest-paid-coaches-2017-10
Fri, 24 Nov 2017 14:22:00 -0500Cork Gaines
<p><img style="float:right;" src="https://static4.businessinsider.com/image/5908ef0ffcd8eb1a008b4598-911/gettyimages-630728864.jpg" alt="Nick Saban" data-mce-source="Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images" /></p><p>As television revenue increases for conferences and the NCAA, and demand increases for schools to compete for national championships, salaries for the head coaches are skyrocketing.</p>
<p>This&nbsp;year we have a new highest-paid coach in college football as Nick Saban has taken the top spot back from Jim Harbaugh.</p>
<p>Using<span>&nbsp;</span>data collected by&nbsp;USA Today&nbsp;and other sources, here are the highest-paid college football coaches for the 2017 season. <a href="http://sports.usatoday.com/ncaa/salaries" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">You can see the full list at USA Today</a>.</p><h3>25. Jim Mora — $3.6 million</h3>
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<p><p><strong>School</strong>: UCLA</p>
<p><strong>Conference</strong>: Pac-12</p>
<p><strong>Potential Bonus</strong>:&nbsp;<span>$1.1 million</span></p>
<p><strong>Championships (conference/national):<span>&nbsp;</span></strong><span>0/0</span></p>
<p><strong>One thing to know</strong>: Mora was recently fired by UCLA and could be replaced by Chip Kelly.</p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>24. Kyle Whittingham — $3.7 million</h3>
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<p><p><strong>School</strong>: Utah</p>
<p><strong>Conference</strong>: Pac-12&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Potential Bonus</strong>:&nbsp;<span>$935,000</span></p>
<p><strong>Championships (conference/national):<span>&nbsp;</span></strong><span>5/0</span></p>
<p><strong>One thing to know</strong>:&nbsp;<span>In 2004, Urban Meyer left Utah for the University of Florida. Whittingham, who was the defensive coordinator under Meyer, had to choose between being promoted to head coach at Utah and accepting the&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705285279/Kyle-Whittingham-In-control.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">same position at his alma mater, BYU</a><span>. He stayed at Utah and is now in his 13th season, having led the Utes to&nbsp;ten bowl games and at least nine wins in each of the last three seasons.</span></p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>23. Kirby Smart — $3.8 million</h3>
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<p><p><strong>School</strong>:&nbsp;Georgia</p>
<p><strong>Conference</strong>: SEC</p>
<p><strong>Potential Bonus</strong>:&nbsp;<span>$1.8 million</span></p>
<p><strong>Championships (conference/national):<span>&nbsp;</span></strong><span>0</span><span>/0</span></p>
<p><strong>One thing to know</strong>:&nbsp;<span>Smart is in his&nbsp;second season as a head coach, having spent the&nbsp;previous eight seasons as the defensive coordinator at Alabama under Nick Saban.&nbsp;Smart is already proving to be a top-level recruiter as the Bulldogs have one of the five best collections of talent, <a href="https://athlonsports.com/college-football/ranking-college-footballs-rosters-2017" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">based on recent recruiting rankings</a>.</span></p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>22. Mark Stoops — $3.8 million</h3>
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<p><p><strong>School</strong>:&nbsp;Kentucky</p>
<p><strong>Conference</strong>: SEC</p>
<p><strong>Potential Bonus</strong>:&nbsp;<span>$3.1 million</span></p>
<p><strong>Championships (conference/national):<span>&nbsp;</span></strong><span>0/0</span></p>
<p><strong>One thing to know</strong>: Stoops is part of the Hayden Fry coaching tree, one of the most prolific coaching trees in college football history. Stoops played for Fry at Iowa and later served as a graduate assistant under Fry for his first coaching position.</p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>21. Bobby Petrino — $3.9 million</h3>
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<p><p><strong>School</strong>:&nbsp;Louisville</p>
<p><strong>Conference</strong>: ACC</p>
<p><strong>Potential Bonus</strong>:&nbsp;<span>$1.5 million</span></p>
<p><strong>Championships (conference/national):<span>&nbsp;</span></strong><span>1/0</span></p>
<p><strong>One thing to know</strong>:&nbsp;<span>In 2007, Petrino left Louisville just months after signing a 10-year contract extension, accepting the head coaching job for the Atlanta Falcons. Prior to the 2016 season, he signed a new 7-year&nbsp;deal that has him under contract at Louisville through the 2023 season.</span></p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>20. Butch Jones — $4.1 million</h3>
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<p><p><strong>School</strong>:&nbsp;Tennessee</p>
<p><strong>Conference</strong>: SEC</p>
<p><strong>Potential Bonus</strong>:&nbsp;<span>$1.0 million</span></p>
<p><strong>Championships (conference/national):<span>&nbsp;</span></strong><span>4/0</span></p>
<p><strong>One thing to know</strong>: Jones was recently fired by Tennessee. <span>Despite already being under contract through 2018, the Vols gave Jones an&nbsp;</span><a href="http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/11998612/tennessee-volunteers-extend-butch-jones-contract-2020-season">extension at the end of the 2014 season</a><span>&nbsp;and another $500,000 raise at the end of the 2015 season. His&nbsp;contract was set to run through 2020.</span></p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>19. Chris Petersen — $4.1 million</h3>
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<p><p><strong>School</strong>:&nbsp;Washington</p>
<p><strong>Conference</strong>: Pac-12</p>
<p><strong>Potential Bonus</strong>:&nbsp;<span>$1.1 million</span></p>
<p><strong>Championships (conference/national):<span>&nbsp;</span></strong><span>6/0</span></p>
<p><strong>One thing to know</strong>:&nbsp;<span>Washington lured Peterson away from Boise State in 2013 by making him the highest-paid coach in the Pac-12, a distinction he no longer&nbsp;holds.&nbsp;But after taking Washington to the College Football Playoff last season, he was rewarded with a new contract that will pay him&nbsp;at least $34.1 million through the 2023 season.</span></p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>18. Mike Gundy — $4.2 million</h3>
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<p><p><strong>School</strong>:&nbsp;Oklahoma State</p>
<p><strong>Conference</strong>: Big 12</p>
<p><strong>Potential Bonus</strong>:&nbsp;<span>$900,000</span></p>
<p><strong>Championships (conference/national):<span>&nbsp;</span></strong><span>1/0</span></p>
<p><strong>One thing to know</strong>:&nbsp;<span>Gundy&nbsp;is&nbsp;signed through the 2021 season. However,&nbsp;he does not seem to have the support of the school's biggest booster, T. Boone Pickens. When Pickens was asked if there is rift between him and Gundy,&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.mystatesman.com/news/sports/bohls-osus-pickens-disses-boren-gundy-formula-1-is/nsgN8/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Pickens said</a><span>, "</span><span>I don&rsquo;t know, but Mike doesn&rsquo;t handle people relationships very well. And he gets mad about things. I&rsquo;ve heard he&rsquo;s written some notes about me that weren&rsquo;t very complimentary."</span></p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>17. Bret Bielema — $4.2 million</h3>
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<p><p><strong>School</strong>:&nbsp;Arkansas</p>
<p><strong>Conference</strong>: SEC</p>
<p><strong>Potential Bonus</strong>:&nbsp;<span>$1.0 million</span></p>
<p><strong>Championships (conference/national):<span>&nbsp;</span></strong><span>3/0</span></p>
<p><strong>One thing to know</strong>:&nbsp;<span>Bielema averaged 10 wins per year in seven seasons at Wisconsin. In his first&nbsp;five seasons at Arkansas he has posted at least five losses each year. Despite that, Arkansas gave him an&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.arkansasfight.com/2015/2/7/7995785/bret-bielema-signs-raise-extension-arkansas-through-2020">extension prior to the 2015 season that will go through the 2020 season</a><span>. [Update: Bielema was fired by Arkansas after their game against Missouri.]<br /></span></p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>16. Mark Dantonio — $4.4 million</h3>
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<p><p><strong>School</strong>:&nbsp;Michigan State</p>
<p><strong>Conference</strong>: Big Ten</p>
<p><strong>Potential Bonus</strong>:&nbsp;<span>$650,000</span></p>
<p><strong>Championships (conference/national):<span>&nbsp;</span></strong><span>3/0</span></p>
<p><strong>One thing to know</strong>:&nbsp;<span>Despite all his success and building an annual&nbsp;championship contender, Dantonio is just the fifth-highest-paid coach in the Big Ten.</span></p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>15. Jim McElwain — $4.5 million</h3>
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<p><p><strong>School</strong>:&nbsp;Florida</p>
<p><strong>Conference</strong>: SEC</p>
<p><strong>Potential Bonus</strong>:&nbsp;<span>$925,000</span></p>
<p><strong>Championships (conference/national):<span>&nbsp;</span></strong><span>0/0</span></p>
<p><strong>One thing to know</strong>: <span>McElwain is another coach who has already lost his job before the season even ended. He was the fifth-highest-paid coach in the SEC in his second season at Florida.</span></p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>14. Dan Mullen — $4.5 million</h3>
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<p><p><strong>School</strong>:&nbsp;Mississippi State</p>
<p><strong>Conference</strong>: SEC</p>
<p><strong>Potential Bonus</strong>:&nbsp;<span>$1.2 million</span></p>
<p><strong>Championships (conference/national):<span>&nbsp;</span></strong><span>0/0</span></p>
<p><strong>One thing to know</strong>:&nbsp;<span>Mullen is from the Urban Meyer coaching tree, having served under the Ohio State coach at both Utah and Florida. Mullen has taken Mississippi State to seven straight bowl games, however, they finished the 2016 season at 6-7, his first losing record since his first season.</span></p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>13. Kirk Ferentz — $4.5 million</h3>
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<p><p><strong>School</strong>:&nbsp;Iowa</p>
<p><strong>Conference</strong>: Big Ten</p>
<p><strong>Potential Bonus</strong>:&nbsp;<span>$2.9 million</span></p>
<p><strong>Championships (conference/national):<span>&nbsp;</span></strong><span>2/0</span></p>
<p><strong>One thing to know</strong>:&nbsp;<span>In an era when 72% of&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/college-football-players-coaches-recruiting-2015-10">college coaches are gone within their first five seasons at a school</a><span>, Ferentz has now been the head coach at Iowa for 19 seasons and is the longest-tenured coach in FBS. His most recent extension will keep him at&nbsp;</span><span>Iowa until at least 2026.</span></p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>12. James Franklin — $4.6 million</h3>
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<p><p><strong>School</strong>:&nbsp;Penn State</p>
<p><strong>Conference</strong>: Big Ten</p>
<p><strong>Potential Bonus</strong>:&nbsp;<span>$1.0 million</span></p>
<p><strong>Championships (conference/national):<span>&nbsp;</span></strong><span>1/0</span></p>
<p><strong>One thing to know</strong>:&nbsp;<span>It took a lot of money to lure Franklin away from Vanderbilt and the SEC after Bill O'Brien abandoned Penn State after just two years. But so far it appears to be a good move. After back-to-back 7-6 seasons, Penn State&nbsp;won the Big Ten championship in 2016 and is now a legit national championship contender.</span></p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>11. Gus Malzahn — $4.7 million</h3>
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<p><p><strong>School</strong>:&nbsp;Auburn</p>
<p><strong>Conference</strong>: SEC</p>
<p><strong>Potential Bonus</strong>:&nbsp;<span>$1.4 million</span></p>
<p><strong>Championships (conference/national):<span>&nbsp;</span></strong><span>2/0</span></p>
<p><strong>One thing to know</strong>:&nbsp;<span>Malzahn led Auburn to the BCS Championship game in his first season as head coach at Auburn. That earned him an early extension, but Auburn was just&nbsp;23-16 in the next three seasons combined.</span></p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>10. Kevin Sumlin — $5.0 million</h3>
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<p><p><strong>School</strong>:&nbsp;Texas A&amp;M</p>
<p><strong>Conference</strong>: SEC</p>
<p><strong>Potential Bonus</strong>:&nbsp;<span>$1.1 million</span></p>
<p><strong>Championships (conference/national):<span>&nbsp;</span></strong><span>0/0</span></p>
<p><strong>One thing to know</strong>: Sumlin is expected to be fired before the end of the season, which would make him the fourth coach on this list to lose his job this season. <span>With all the wealthy alumni opening their wallets, the rich Texas recruiting pool, and the allure of the SEC, it can be argued that Texas A&amp;M is one of the top coaching jobs in the country. However, after&nbsp;winning 20 games in his first two seasons at A&amp;M, he hasn't won more than eight games in any season since. <br /></span></p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>9. Gary Patterson — $5.1 million</h3>
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<p><p><strong>School</strong>:&nbsp;Texas Christian</p>
<p><strong>Conference</strong>: Big 12</p>
<p><strong>Potential Bonus</strong>:&nbsp;<span>not available</span></p>
<p><strong>Championships (conference/national):<span>&nbsp;</span></strong><span>6/0</span></p>
<p><strong>One thing to know</strong>:&nbsp;<span>When Patterson took over TCU in 2000, they were in the WAC conference. Since then, they have moved to Conference USA, the Mountain West, and now into an annual championship contender as a member of one of the lucrative Power-5 conferences, the Big 12.&nbsp;</span></p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>8. Tom Herman — $5.5 million</h3>
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<p><p><strong>School</strong>:&nbsp;Texas</p>
<p><strong>Conference</strong>: Big 12</p>
<p><strong>Potential Bonus</strong>:&nbsp;<span>$725,000</span></p>
<p><strong>Championships (conference/national):<span>&nbsp;</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>One thing to know</strong>: Herman is just in his third year as a head coach and just his first in a Power-5 conference. However, he turned Houston into one of the best programs outside of the Power-5 conferences and now has Texas looking like they are heading back in the right direction.</p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>7. David Shaw — $5.7 million</h3>
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<p><p><strong>School</strong>:&nbsp;Stanford</p>
<p><strong>Conference</strong>: Pac-12</p>
<p><strong>Potential Bonus</strong>: <span>not available</span></p>
<p><strong>Championships (conference/national):<span>&nbsp;</span></strong><span>3/0</span></p>
<p><strong>One thing to know</strong>:&nbsp;<span>Shaw is now in his&nbsp;seventh season as Stanford's coach after replacing Jim Harbaugh in 2011. Shaw had served as Harbaugh's offensive coordinator after nine seasons as an assistant coach in the NFL.</span></p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>6. Jimbo Fisher — $5.7 million</h3>
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<p><p><strong>School</strong>:&nbsp;Florida State</p>
<p><strong>Conference</strong>: ACC</p>
<p><strong>Potential Bonus</strong>:&nbsp;<span>$1.5 million</span></p>
<p><strong>Championships (conference/national):<span>&nbsp;</span></strong><span>3/1</span></p>
<p><strong>One thing to know</strong>:&nbsp;Before becoming head coach at Florida State, Fisher learned under some notable head coaches, serving as an assistant for Bobby Bowden, Nick Saban, Les Miles, and Terry Bowden at different times. Things might have been much different for Fisher if the University of Alabama board of trustees did not reject his contract to become head coach at Alabama-Birmingham in 2007. Nowadays,<span>&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2014/01/jimbo_fisher_glad_alabama_trus.html">Fisher says he is glad they did</a>.&nbsp;</p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>5. Rich Rodriguez — $6.0 million</h3>
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<p><p><strong>School</strong>:&nbsp;Arizona</p>
<p><strong>Conference</strong>: Pac-12</p>
<p><strong>Potential Bonus</strong>:&nbsp;<span>$2.0 million</span></p>
<p><strong>Championships (conference/national):<span>&nbsp;</span></strong><span>0/0</span></p>
<p><strong>One thing to know</strong>: Rodriguez is the highest-paid coach in the Pac-12 despite winning more than eight games just once in his first five seasons at the school.</p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>4. Urban Meyer — $6.4 million</h3>
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<p><p><strong>School</strong>:&nbsp;Ohio State</p>
<p><strong>Conference</strong>: Big Ten</p>
<p><strong>Potential Bonus</strong>:&nbsp;<span>$775,000</span></p>
<p><strong>Championships (conference/national):<span>&nbsp;</span></strong><span>5/3</span></p>
<p><strong>One thing to know</strong>:&nbsp;<span>After Meyer won his third national championship as a head coach during the 2014 season, he was rewarded with an extension, and yet he is still just the second-highest-paid coach in the Big Ten.&nbsp;</span></p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>3. Jim Harbaugh — $7.0 million</h3>
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<p><p><strong>School</strong>:&nbsp;Michigan</p>
<p><strong>Conference</strong>: Big Ten</p>
<p><strong>Potential Bonus</strong>:&nbsp;<span>$1.3 million</span></p>
<p><strong>Championships (conference/national):<span>&nbsp;</span></strong>0/0</p>
<p><strong>One thing to know</strong>: Of Harbaugh's salary,&nbsp;$2.0 million&nbsp;annually&nbsp;is in the form of an insurance-premium payment by the school on a life insurance policy in Harbaugh's name.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.freep.com/story/sports/college/university-michigan/wolverines/2016/08/17/michigan-jim-harbaugh-contract/88910306/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">According to the Detroit Free-Press</a>, the school gets its money back without interest when Harbaugh dies. However, the&nbsp;<span>death benefit is estimated&nbsp;be worth at least $20 million to his family.</span></p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>2. Dabo Swinney — $8.5 million</h3>
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<p><p><strong>School</strong>:&nbsp;Clemson</p>
<p><strong>Conference</strong>: ACC</p>
<p><strong>Potential Bonus</strong>:&nbsp;<span>$1.0 million</span></p>
<p><strong>Championships (conference/national):<span>&nbsp;</span></strong><span>3/1</span></p>
<p><strong>One thing to know</strong>:&nbsp;<span>Swinney was a wide receiver for the 1992 Alabama team that won the National Championship and started his coaching career as an assistant coach with the Crimson Tide. He left for Clemson when Mike Shula became the head coach at Bama.</span></p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>1. Nick Saban — $11.1 million</h3>
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<p><p><strong>School</strong>: Alabama</p>
<p><strong>Conference</strong>: SEC</p>
<p><strong>Potential Bonus</strong>:&nbsp;<span>$700,000</span></p>
<p><strong>Championships (conference/national):<span>&nbsp;</span></strong><span>8/5</span></p>
<p><strong>One thing to know</strong>:&nbsp;S<span>hortly after flirting with the University of Texas in 2014, Saban got a new deal with Alabama and also had the&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/crimson-tide-boosters-nick-saban-mortgage-2014-10">$3 million mortgage on his house paid off by a foundation backed by University of Alabama boosters</a><span>.</span></p></p>
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<br/><br/> https://www.businessinsider.com/alabama-football-coaches-salaries-2017-2017-5University of Alabama football coaches will reportedly make $18 million in 2017 as Nick Saban becomes the highest-paid head coachhttps://www.businessinsider.com/alabama-football-coaches-salaries-2017-2017-5
Tue, 02 May 2017 17:01:00 -0400Cork Gaines
<p><img style="float:right;" src="https://static4.businessinsider.com/image/5908ef0ffcd8eb1a008b4598-911/gettyimages-630728864.jpg" alt="Nick Saban" data-mce-source="Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images"/></p><p>Nick Saban has signed a three-year extension with the University of Alabama that will keep him at the school until at least the 2025 season when he will be 73 years old, the school announced on Tuesday.</p>
<p>According to reports, the deal will also once again elevate Saban to the status of highest-paid college football coach and his 2017 earnings will be the highest in the history of college sports.</p>
<p>Saban will make $11.125 million in 2017, <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/sec/2017/05/02/nick-saban-alabama-contract-extension/101191514/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">according to Steve Berkowitz of the USA Today</a>, including a $4 million signing bonus. On top of that, Saban can earn up to $700,000 annually in incentive bonuses.</p>
<p>And it doesn&#39;t stop there. </p>
<p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/02/sports/nick-saban-alabama-contract.html?smid=tw-nytsports&amp;smtyp=cur" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">According to the New York Times</a>, Saban&#39;s ten assistant coaches will make a combined $6.5 million in 2017, bringing the entire payroll for the coaches alone to $17.7 million.</p>
<p><span>Defensive coordinator Jeremy Pruitt will make the most with a $1.3 million salary that will grow by $100,000 each of the next two years. Offensive coordinator Brian Daboll will make $1.2 million and outside linebackers coach Tosh Lupoi received a $400,000 pay raise to $950,000.</span></p>
<p><span>Lupoi&#39;s salary would rank 73rd among 119 FBS head coaches, <a href="https://sports.usatoday.com/ncaa" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">according to the USA Today</a>.</span></p>
<p>Saban replaces <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/college-football-highest-paid-coaches-2016-10" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Michigan&#39;s Jim Harbaugh as the highest-paid college football coach</a>. Harbaugh made $9 million in 2016, including $2 million <span>in the form of an insurance-premium payment by the school on a life insurance policy in Harbaugh&#39;s name.</span></p>
<p><span>For highly successful coaches like Saban it can be difficult to determine their entire compensation. For example, shortly after flirting with the University of Texas in 2014, Saban got a new deal with Alabama and also had the </span><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/crimson-tide-boosters-nick-saban-mortgage-2014-10">$3 million mortgage on his house paid off by a foundation backed by University of Alabama boosters</a><span>.</span></p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/kevin-garnett-on-tnt-show-retirement-nba-playoffs-finals-2017-5" >NBA legend Kevin Garnett opens up on his new TNT show, what's tough about life after basketball, and his hopes for the NBA Finals</a></strong></p>
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Wed, 08 Feb 2017 08:02:45 -0500Cork Gaines
<p><img style="float:right;" src="https://static2.businessinsider.com/image/57d97257b0ef977f298b562a-1329/chip kelly.jpg" alt="chip kelly" data-mce-source="Dustin Bradford/Getty" /></p><p>On Tuesday, the Atlanta Falcons announced that they have hired Alabama's offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian for the same role after Kyle Shanahan left to become the head coach of the San Francisco 49ers.</p>
<p>As soon as Sarkisian's move was announced, speculation immediately turned to former 49ers head coach Chip Kelly to become Nick Saban's next offensive coordinator. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that Kelly will indeed be considered for the position and that conversations have already occurred in the last two days.</p>
<p>"My understanding is that there have been some conversations that have occurred between Nick Saban and Chip Kelly," Schefter said on ESPN Radio. "Now, whether or not it is enough to materialize into Nick Saban offering the job, Chip Kelly accepting the job, that's another issue. But I can tell there at least have been some conversations that have gone on over the last 24-48 hours between those two individuals."</p>
<p>Schefter added that he did not know if Kelly would be hired, but noted that he is a candidate.</p>
<p>"At the very least, my understanding is that Chip Kelly will be in consideration for that job and we will find out whether or not Nick Saban goes in that direction," Schefter said.</p>
<p>Kelly enjoyed his greatest success as a coach at the college level with the University of Oregon.</p>
<p>With Sarkisian leaving Alabama, that means Saban will be on to his third offensive coordinator in just the past two months. Sarkisian served in the role for just one game&nbsp;&mdash; the college football national championship game&nbsp;<span>&mdash; after Lane Kiffin and Saban parted ways, with Kiffin moving on to his next job as the head coach at Florida Atlantic University.</span></p><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/chip-kelly-nick-saban-alabama-offensive-coordinator-2017-2#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> <p>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/why-american-men-suck-soccer-world-cup-2018-6">The US women's national team dominates soccer, but here's why the US men's team sucks</a></p> https://www.businessinsider.com/nick-saban-takes-a-bath-in-a-lake-2017-1Nick Saban takes a bath in a lake everyday when he is on vacationhttps://www.businessinsider.com/nick-saban-takes-a-bath-in-a-lake-2017-1
Mon, 09 Jan 2017 17:26:54 -0500Cork Gaines
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<p>When University of Alabama football coach Nick Saban is not on campus coaching his players, he spends a lot of his time at a lake house <span>on Lake Burton in the north Georgia mountains.</span></p>
<p>While Saban has an annual salary of $6.9 million and the house is worth millions, he is living proof that you can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy.</p>
<p>Saban, who grew up in a small town in West Virginia, has a daily routine at the Lake House that includes jumping into the lake with a bar of soap and taking a bath.</p>
<p>ESPN's Marty Smith spent some time with Saban at the lake house, along with fellow ESPN analyst Tim Tebow. However, one of the best details Smith learned during the trip was one that didn't make it on air.</p>
<p>Smith recently discussed some of the unprecedented access he has been granted with Saban and the Alabama football team on ESPN Radio's "<a href="http://www.espn.com/espnradio/podcast/archive/_/id/9941853" target="_blank">The Dan Le Batard Show</a>," noting that his best time was at the lake house.</p>
<p>"Definitely the lake house [is the best access I have had], no question the lake house," Smith told Le Batard. "Him telling me that he takes a bath in that lake ... His daily routine is to go play golf and then he comes down off the hill and he jumps into the lake with a bar of soap and starts scrubbing himself."</p>
<p>Smith's access to Saban is so great, that he actually got the 65-year-old Saban and Tebow to jump off a second-floor dock into the lake. </p>
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<p>As Smith explained, that was actually a terrifying leap. Saban was supposed to jump to the right and Tebow was supposed to jump to the left, with Smith jumping straight. However, as you can see in the video, Saban and Tebow both jump straight and Smith nearly jumped on top of both of them.</p>
<p>That story would have probably trumped taking a bath.</p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/50-best-sports-photos-of-2016-2016-12" >The 50 best sports photos of 2016</a></strong></p>
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Mon, 02 Jan 2017 12:57:00 -0500Cork Gaines
<p><img style="float:right;" src="https://static1.businessinsider.com/image/586a942dee14b62b008b60f7-1818/ap57776154745.jpg" alt="Nick Saban and Lane Kiffin" data-mce-source="Jonathan Bachman/AP" /></p><p>The University of Alabama has dismissed Lane Kiffin as offensive coordinator, head coach Nick Saban announced on ESPN</p>
<p>The timing of the move comes as a surprise as it has been made&nbsp;one week before the Crimson Tide are to play Clemson for the national championship.</p>
<p>Kiffin has already been hired as the head coach at Florida Atlantic University. However, it had previously been announced that Kiffin would remain offensive coordinator at Alabama through the College Football Playoff.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Saban&nbsp;called the decision a "mutual agreement," however, he also&nbsp;suggested that the school initiated the discussion and that&nbsp;the situation had just become too distracting.</p>
<p>"We recognize that this is a very difficult circumstance, in terms of the sort of distractions that you have," Saban told ESPN. "I think it is a very tough management. We just thought it was in the best interest of our players, our program, and for Lane, to assume his responsibilities as the head coach at Florida Atlantic."</p>
<p>Saban also indicated that the distractions had been problematic in the weeks leading up to their win over Washington in the playoff semifinal.</p>
<p>"I think the way we went about the last game, whether it was the preparation, the practice, being able to focus on what we need to do, for our team, relative to the distractions that occur when you are trying to hire a staff [at FAU], and recruit at another place, and all these types of things," Saban said. "Hey, Lane did the best he could. It's a difficult circumstance. We certainly wish him well. We both had a meeting [Sunday] and again this morning, that we thought this would be in the best interest and mutually agreed for both parties to move on."</p>
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/McMurphyESPN/status/815981360221487104" target="_blank">Brett McMurphy of ESPN reports</a> that Kiffin had been late to meetings, and that, along with other incidents, contributed to his early exit.</p>
<p>Steve Sarkisian, the former head coach at USC and Washington, will replace Kiffin as offensive coordinator, effective immediately. Sarkisian, who was hired earlier in the season, had been serving as an analyst and had already been named as Kiffin's replacement.</p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/50-best-sports-photos-of-2016-2016-12" >The 50 best sports photos of 2016</a></strong></p>
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Wed, 21 Dec 2016 16:42:54 -0500Emmett Knowlton
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<p>Alabama football coach Nick Saban on Wednesday said that college football, particularly with the creation of the four-team playoff, has only itself to blame for the recent trend of some top college players skipping their teams' bowl games to avoid injury before the NFL Draft.&nbsp;</p>
<p>"We kind of created this trend," Saban <a href="https://twitter.com/TylerDBrooke/status/811671733962964993">told ESPN on Wednesday.</a> "I said as soon as we had a playoff, we were going to minimize the importance of all the other bowl games. I'm not saying it's good or bad, it kind of is what it is."&nbsp;</p>
<p>Earlier this week, Stanford star running back <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/christian-mccaffrey-skipping-stanford-bowl-game-to-prepare-for-nfl-draft-2016-12">Christian McCaffrey announced</a> that he would not join the Cardinal in their upcoming Hyundai Sun Bowl against North Carolina. <a href="https://twitter.com/CMccaffrey5/status/810850259530301440/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">LSU running back Leonard Fournette</a>, projected to be a top pick in this year's draft, made the same decision one week earlier.&nbsp;</p>
<p>McCaffrey and Fournette are just&nbsp;two of the several thousand college football players participating in bowl games this season. But their decision has sparked a furious debate.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Many, including some current NFL players, have suggested&nbsp;McCaffrey and Fournette were selfish&nbsp;to abandon their teams before the season was fully over. Others pointed to Dallas Cowboys rookie Jaylon Smith, who&nbsp;was projected to be a first-round pick before tearing his ACL in last year's Rose Bowl with Notre Dame. That injury, and the subsequent slide down the draft board, cost Smith&nbsp;roughly $4 million.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Saban, meanwhile, said that he felt it would be unfair to blame the players for leaving, suggesting that because of the college-football playoff, most bowl games have become little more than an exhibition game.</p>
<p>"I don't know where all this is going, but I don't think it's going to change," <a href="https://twitter.com/TylerDBrooke/status/811671733962964993">Saban added.</a> "Is it good? Probably not. But you can't blame the kids. It's a product of what we created."</p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/richard-sherman-apologies-for-threatening-reporter-2016-12" >Richard Sherman says he 'regrets' threatening to 'ruin' a reporter's career</a></strong></p>
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Mon, 12 Dec 2016 15:04:53 -0500Cork Gaines
<p><img style="float:right;" src="https://static3.businessinsider.com/image/584f00d4a1a45e9f018b5394-1700/ap955728598619.jpg" alt="Lane Kiffin" data-mce-source="Jonathan Bachman/AP"></p><p>Just days after being spurned by the University of Houston, Lane Kiffin surprised many by leaving his position as Alabama's offensive coordinator to become the head coach at Florida Atlantic.</p>
<p>The move is even more surprising when you consider that Kiffin is taking a pay cut.</p>
<p>Kiffin's salary as the offensive coordinator under Nick Saban at Alabama was $1.4 million in 2016. At FAU, Kiffin will have an average annual salary of approximately $1.0 million, <a href="https://twitter.com/McMurphyESPN/status/808391836121395202" target="_blank">according to Brett McMurphy of ESPN</a>, and his initial salary will likely be less than that. Most head coaches in college football have incremental pay raises built into their contracts.</p>
<p>Kiffin replaces Charlie Partridge who went 9-27 in three seasons at FAU. Patridge had a salary of $590,000 this past season.</p>
<p>Kiffin's move comes just three days after Houston surprised many by picking Major Applewhite over Kiffin to replace Tom Herman as their head coach. Earlier reports indicated that <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/ap-houston-promotes-major-applewhite-to-head-coach-2016-12" target="_blank">Houston was close to hiring Kiffin</a>.</p>
<p>Kiffin taking the Florida Atlantic job has many wondering: is head coach of FAU really a better job than being a top assistant under Saban at Alabama? </p>
<p>Not only is Kiffin taking less money, but head coach at FAU in Conference USA is arguably a lateral move, at best, and possibly even a step down. At Alabama, Kiffin could have continued to learn under one of the greatest coaches of all time, while coaching far superior talent, using far superior resources, all while waiting for a better opportunity at a school in a Power-5 conference.</p>
<p>On the other hand, let's just say that working under Saban is probably stressful at times. We saw that earlier this season when Saban berated Kiffin on national television with less than a minute to go in a blowout win.</p>
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<p>Prior to becoming the offensive coordinator at Alabama, Kiffin was a head coach with Tennessee, USC, and the Oakland Raiders in the NFL.</p>
<p>Kiffin will remain with the Crimson Tide during the College Football Playoff.</p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/highest-paid-nfl-players-2016-12" >The 25 highest-paid players in NFL history</a></strong></p>
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Mon, 28 Nov 2016 19:08:00 -0500John Zenor
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<p>TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Nick Saban doesn't want to hear that maybe Alabama can lose in the Southeastern Conference championship game and still get into the playoffs.</p>
<p>It's a distinct possibility for the top-ranked Crimson Tide going into Saturday's game against No. 15 Florida, but one they don't want to test. A team that's won 24 consecutive games and beaten 16 straight SEC opponents doesn't go into any game accepting losing.</p>
<p>"You all want to put everything on the playoffs, man," Saban told reporters Monday, his voice rising. "That's all you care about. You don't care about bowl games, you don't care about any teams in the country that aren't in the playoffs. I don't know. If we don't win this game, maybe we throw a stink bomb out there, maybe we don't get in the playoffs.</p>
<p>"I don't know. You guys have all the answers to that, but I don't. All I know is that if we play and we play well, we control our own destiny in terms of what we do. So I'd really rather not have any more questions about 'Is it OK to lose this game?' It's never OK to lose a game."</p>
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<p>The Tide (12-0) isn't expected to lose this one, either. Alabama is a 24-1/2-point favorite over the Gators (8-3), who won their second straight SEC East title.</p>
<p>Perfection is hard to attain in the SEC, even in a down year for the league. Saban has brought four national championships to Tuscaloosa but only one unbeaten team, 14-0 in 2009. He has won his last eight national or SEC championship games, but did lose in the playoff semifinals two years ago.</p>
<p>Alabama is riding the third-longest winning streak in both Alabama and SEC history, prevailing by an average of 24.8 points per game. The Tide won 28 straight games twice, from 1978-80 and 1991-93.</p>
<p>"Anybody who says that you can afford to lose a game doesn't know what it's like to play sports," tailback Damien Harris said after Saturday's 30-12 win over Auburn.</p>
<p>Every other national contender — from Ohio State to Clemson and Washington, Michigan and Wisconsin — has lost at least once. Conference championships are among the criteria the selection committee is instructed to emphasize.</p>
<p>Before the playoffs, this was essentially a semifinal game in 2008 and 2009 when Florida and Alabama split a pair of 1 versus 2 matchups. The winner went on to win a national title.</p>
<p>"I think ultimately it was the national semifinal," said Gators coach Jim McElwain, a former Tide offensive coordinator.</p>
<p>This one might not be a must-win game for Alabama, which is seeking its fifth SEC championship under Saban. Every Tide game these days has that feel, though.</p>
<p>Alabama has won its last three games by a combined 112-18 or allowed a touchdown in more than 13 quarters. It is clearly the strongest resume nationally — so far.</p>
<p>Guard Ross Pierschbacher worked hard not to brag when asked if Alabama would need to contribute some mistakes to the opponent to lose a game.</p>
<p>"I think we have the mind-set that we can only beat ourselves," Pierschbacher said. "I'll just leave it at that."</p>
<p>The most emphatic way for the Tide to prove its playoff worthiness is to beat Florida. Otherwise, Alabama must endure the wait-and-see mode like other hopefuls.</p>
<p>"You don't want your season to have to come down to a committee choosing your stakes," tight end O.J. Howard said. "We've just got to take care of business ourselves on the field and we control our own destiny."</p>
<p>NOTE: Left tackle Cam Robinson is the SEC offensive lineman of the week. ... Starting cornerback Marlon Humphrey is nursing a right leg injury. "We're going to take it easy with him for a day at least for a little while and see how it goes," Saban said. "We're hopeful that he'll be able to practice some later in the week and be OK for the game."</p>
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<p>More AP college football: www.collegefootball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP_Top25</p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/college-football-playoff-teams-still-alive-2016-11" >10 teams still have a shot to make the College Football Playoff with one week to go</a></strong></p>
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Thu, 27 Oct 2016 12:49:54 -0400Cork Gaines
<p><img src="https://static3.businessinsider.com/image/58122b01362ca427008b543c-1024/gettyimages-612320276.jpg" alt="Jim Harbaugh" data-mce-source="Leon Halip/Getty Images"/></p><p></p>
<p>As television revenue increases for conferences and the NCAA, and demand increases for schools to compete for national championships, salaries for the head coaches are skyrocketing.</p>
<p>This year we have a new highest-paid coach in college football as Jim Harbaugh has surpassed Nick Saban.</p>
<p>Using <a href="https://sports.usatoday.com/ncaa/salaries" target="_blank">data collected by USA Today</a> and other sources, here are the highest-paid college football coaches for the 2016 season. You can see the full list at USA Today.</p><h3>25. Chris Petersen — $3.61 million</h3>
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<p><p><strong>School</strong>:&nbsp;Washington</p>
<p><strong>Conference</strong>:&nbsp;Pac-12</p>
<p><strong>School Salary</strong>: $3.60 million</p>
<p><strong>Other Pay</strong>:&nbsp;<span>$5,847</span></p>
<p><strong>Potential Bonus</strong>:&nbsp;<span>$1.18&nbsp;million</span></p>
<p><strong>Championships (conference/national): </strong>5/0</p>
<p><strong>One thing to know</strong>: Washington lured Peterson away from Boise State in 2013 by making him the highest-paid coach in the Pac-12, a distinction he no longer&nbsp;holds. That could change soon though as Peterson has turned the Huskies into a legitimate College Football Playoff contender.</p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>24. Kyle Whittingham — $3.65 million</h3>
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<p><p><strong>School</strong>:&nbsp;Utah</p>
<p><strong>Conference</strong>:&nbsp;Pac-12</p>
<p><strong>School Salary</strong>: $3.65 million</p>
<p><strong>Other Pay</strong>:&nbsp;<span>$0</span></p>
<p><strong>Potential Bonus</strong>:&nbsp;<span>$935,000</span></p>
<p><strong>Championships (conference/national): </strong>5/0</p>
<p><strong>One thing to know</strong>: In 2004, Urban Meyer left Utah for the University of Florida. Whittingham, who was the defensive coordinator under Meyer, had to choose between being promoted to head coach at Utah and accepting the <a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705285279/Kyle-Whittingham-In-control.html" target="_blank">same position at his alma mater, BYU</a>. He stayed at Utah and is now in his 12th season, having led the Utes to nine bowl games.</p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>23. Kirby Smart — $3.75 million</h3>
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<p><p><strong>School</strong>:&nbsp;Georgia</p>
<p><strong>Conference</strong>:&nbsp;SEC</p>
<p><strong>School Salary</strong>: $3.75 million</p>
<p><strong>Other Pay</strong>:&nbsp;<span>$0</span></p>
<p><strong>Potential Bonus</strong>:&nbsp;<span>$1.8 million</span></p>
<p><strong>Championships (conference/national): </strong>5/0</p>
<p><strong>One thing to know</strong>: Smart is in his first season as a head coach, having spent the last eight seasons as the defensive coordinator at Alabama under Nick Saban. Smart was a defensive back for the Bulldogs in the late 90s.</p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>22. Mike Gundy — $3.78 million</h3>
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<p><p><strong>School</strong>:&nbsp;Oklahoma State</p>
<p><strong>Conference</strong>:&nbsp;Big 12</p>
<p><strong>School Salary</strong>: $3.78&nbsp;million</p>
<p><strong>Other Pay</strong>:&nbsp;<span>not reported</span></p>
<p><strong>Potential Bonus</strong>:&nbsp;<span>$550,000</span></p>
<p><strong>Championships (conference/national): </strong>1/0</p>
<p><strong>One thing to know</strong>: Mike Gundy&nbsp;recently signed an extension that has him signed through the 2021 season. However, Gundy does not seem to have the support of the school's biggest booster, T. Boone Pickens. When Pickens was recently asked if there is rift between him and Gundy, <a href="http://www.mystatesman.com/news/sports/bohls-osus-pickens-disses-boren-gundy-formula-1-is/nsgN8/" target="_blank">Pickens said</a>, "<span>I don&rsquo;t know, but Mike doesn&rsquo;t handle people relationships very well. And he gets mad about things. I&rsquo;ve heard he&rsquo;s written some notes about me that weren&rsquo;t very complimentary."</span></p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>21. Bobby Petrino — $3.91 million</h3>
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<p><p><strong>School</strong>:&nbsp;Louisville</p>
<p><strong>Conference</strong>:&nbsp;ACC</p>
<p><strong>School Salary</strong>: $3.88 million</p>
<p><strong>Other Pay</strong>:&nbsp;<span>$30,000</span></p>
<p><strong>Potential Bonus</strong>:&nbsp;<span>$1.46 million</span></p>
<p><strong>Championships (conference/national): </strong>1/0</p>
<p><strong>One thing to know</strong>: In 2007, Petrino left Louisville just months after signing a 10-year contract extension, accepting the head coaching job for the Atlanta Falcons. Petrino is now back at Louisville and speculation is rampant that he will leave again to accept a position in the SEC.</p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>20. Gary Patterson — $4.01 million</h3>
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<p><p><strong>School</strong>:&nbsp;Texas Christian</p>
<p><strong>Conference</strong>:&nbsp;Big 12</p>
<p><strong>School Salary</strong>: $4.01 million</p>
<p><strong>Other Pay</strong>:&nbsp;<span>not reported</span></p>
<p><strong>Potential Bonus</strong>:&nbsp;<span>not reported</span></p>
<p><strong>Championships (conference/national): </strong>6/0</p>
<p><strong>One thing to know</strong>: When Patterson took over TCU in 2000, they were in the WAC conference. Since then, they have moved to Conference USA, the Mountain West, and now into an annual championship contender as a member of one of the lucrative Power-5 conferences, the Big 12.&nbsp;</p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>19. David Shaw — $4.07 million</h3>
<img src="https://static6.businessinsider.com/image/58120f74362ca486238b501e-400-300/19-david-shaw--407-million.jpg" alt="" />
<p><p><strong>School</strong>:&nbsp;Stanford</p>
<p><strong>Conference</strong>: Pac-12</p>
<p><strong>School Salary</strong>: $4.07 million</p>
<p><strong>Other Pay</strong>: not reported</p>
<p><strong>Potential Bonus</strong>: <span>not reported</span></p>
<p><span><strong>Championships (conference/national)</strong>: 3/0</span></p>
<p><strong>One thing to know</strong>: Shaw is now in his sixth season as Stanford's coach after replacing Jim Harbaugh in 2011. Shaw had served as Harbaugh's offensive coordinator after nine seasons as an assistant coach in the NFL.</p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>18. Butch Jones — $4.11 million</h3>
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<p><p><strong>School</strong>:&nbsp;Tennessee</p>
<p><strong>Conference</strong>:&nbsp;SEC</p>
<p><strong>School Salary</strong>: $4.11&nbsp;million</p>
<p><strong>Other Pay</strong>: not reported</p>
<p><strong>Potential Bonus</strong>:&nbsp;<span>$1.0 million</span></p>
<p><strong>Championships (conference/national): </strong>4/0</p>
<p><strong>One thing to know</strong>: Despite already being under contract through 2018, the Vols gave Jones an <a href="http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/11998612/tennessee-volunteers-extend-butch-jones-contract-2020-season">extension at the end of the 2014 season</a>&nbsp;and another $500,000 raise at the end of the 2015 season. His&nbsp;contract runs through 2020.</p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>17. Bret Bielema — $4.15 million</h3>
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<p><p><strong>School</strong>:&nbsp;Arkansas</p>
<p><strong>Conference</strong>:&nbsp;SEC</p>
<p><strong>School Salary</strong>: $4.10 million</p>
<p><strong>Other Pay</strong>:&nbsp;<span>$45,000</span></p>
<p><strong>Potential Bonus</strong>:&nbsp;<span>$1.00 million</span></p>
<p><span><strong>Championships (conference/national)</strong>: 3/0</span></p>
<p><strong>One thing to know</strong>: Bielema averaged 10 wins per year in seven seasons at Wisconsin. In his first three&nbsp;seasons at Arkansas he averaged six&nbsp;wins. Despite that, Arkansas gave him an <a href="http://www.arkansasfight.com/2015/2/7/7995785/bret-bielema-signs-raise-extension-arkansas-through-2020">extension prior to the 2015 season that will go through the 2020 season</a>.</p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>16. Dan Mullen — $4.20 million</h3>
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<p><p><strong>School</strong>:&nbsp;Mississippi State</p>
<p><strong>Conference</strong>:&nbsp;SEC</p>
<p><strong>School Salary</strong>: $4.20 million</p>
<p><strong>Other Pay</strong>:&nbsp;<span>$0</span></p>
<p><strong>Potential Bonus</strong>:&nbsp;<span>$900,000</span></p>
<p><span><strong>Championships (conference/national)</strong>: 0/0</span></p>
<p><strong>One thing to know</strong>: Mullen is from the Urban Meyer coaching tree, having served under the Ohio State coach at both Utah and Florida. After leading Mississippi State to their fifth-straight bowl game, he was given <a href="http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/12390402/mississippi-state-coach-dan-mullen-receives-contract-extension-2018-raise">an extension following the 2014 season</a>.</p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>15. Jim McElwain — $4.27 million</h3>
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<p><p><strong>School</strong>:&nbsp;Florida</p>
<p><strong>Conference</strong>:&nbsp;SEC</p>
<p><strong>School Salary</strong>: $4.27 million</p>
<p><strong>Other Pay</strong>:&nbsp;<span>$0</span></p>
<p><strong>Potential Bonus</strong>: $450,000</p>
<p><span><strong>Championships (conference/national)</strong>: 0/0</span></p>
<p><strong>One thing to know</strong>: After turning a three-win Colorado State program into a 10-win team in just three years in his first head-coaching gig, the Gators snatched up McElwain. He is now the sixth-highest-paid coach in the SEC.</p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>14. Mark Dantonio — $4.30 million</h3>
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<p><p><strong>School</strong>:&nbsp;Michigan State</p>
<p><strong>Conference</strong>:&nbsp;Big Ten</p>
<p><strong>School Salary</strong>: $4.30 million</p>
<p><strong>Other Pay</strong>:&nbsp;<span>$0</span></p>
<p><strong>Potential Bonus</strong>:&nbsp;<span>$650,000</span></p>
<p><strong>Championships (conference/national): </strong>3/0</p>
<p><strong>One thing to know</strong>: Despite all his success and building an annual&nbsp;championship contender, Dantonio is just the fifth-highest-paid coach in the Big Ten.</p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>13. Les Miles — $4.39 million</h3>
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<p><p><strong>School</strong>:&nbsp;Louisiana State</p>
<p><strong>Conference</strong>:&nbsp;SEC</p>
<p><strong>School Salary</strong>: $4.30 million</p>
<p><strong>Other Pay</strong>:&nbsp;<span>$85,567</span></p>
<p><strong>Potential Bonus</strong>:&nbsp;<span>$700,000</span></p>
<p><strong>Championships (conference/national): </strong>3/0</p>
<p><strong>One thing to know</strong>: After nearly being fired near the end of the 2015 season, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/lsu-reportedly-fires-les-miles-2016-9" target="_blank">Miles was let go after just four games this season</a>.</p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>12. Dabo Swinney — $4.42 million</h3>
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<p> <p><strong>School</strong>:&nbsp;Clemson</p>
<p><strong>Conference</strong>:&nbsp;ACC</p>
<p><strong>School Salary</strong>: $4.42 million</p>
<p><strong>Other Pay</strong>:&nbsp;<span>$5,200</span></p>
<p><strong>Potential Bonus</strong>:&nbsp;<span>$1.73 million</span></p>
<p><span><strong>Championships (conference/national)</strong>: 2/0</span></p>
<p><strong>One thing to know</strong>: Swinney was a wide receiver for the 1992 Alabama team that won the National Championship and started his coaching career as an assistant coach with the Crimson Tide. He left for Clemson when Mike Shula became the head coach at Bama.</p> </p>
<br/><br/><h3>10t. James Franklin — $4.50 million</h3>
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<p><p><strong>School</strong>:&nbsp;Penn State</p>
<p><strong>Conference</strong>:&nbsp;Big Ten</p>
<p><strong>School Salary</strong>: $4.50 million</p>
<p><strong>Other Pay</strong>:&nbsp;<span>not reported</span></p>
<p><strong>Potential Bonus</strong>:&nbsp;<span>$1.00 million</span></p>
<p><span><strong>Championships (conference/national)</strong>: 0/0</span></p>
<p><strong>One thing to know</strong>: It took a lot of money to lure Franklin away from Vanderbilt and the SEC after Bill O'Brien abandoned Penn State after just two years. But so far it appears to be a good move. After back-to-back 7-6 seasons and a 2-2 start in 2016, Franklin has Penn State back in the top 25 after an upset win over No. 2 Ohio State.</p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>10t. Kirk Ferentz — $4.50 million</h3>
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<p><p><strong>School</strong>:&nbsp;Iowa</p>
<p><strong>Conference</strong>:&nbsp;Big Ten</p>
<p><strong>School Salary</strong>: $4.50 million</p>
<p><strong>Other Pay</strong>:&nbsp;<span>$0</span></p>
<p><strong>Potential Bonus</strong>:&nbsp;<span>$2.88 million</span></p>
<p><span><strong>Championships (conference/national)</strong>: 2/0</span></p>
<p><strong>One thing to know</strong>: &nbsp;In an era when 72% of <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/college-football-players-coaches-recruiting-2015-10">college coaches are gone within their first five seasons at a school</a>, Ferentz has now been the head coach at Iowa for 18 seasons.&nbsp;He and Bob Stoops are the longest-tenured coaches in FBS, and Ferentz recently <a href="http://www.si.com/college-football/2016/09/06/iowa-kirk-ferentz-contract-extension" target="_blank">signed a new extension</a> that will keep at Iowa until at least 2026.</p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>9. Hugh Freeze — $4.70 million</h3>
<img src="https://static2.businessinsider.com/image/58120be7362ca473028b52bd-400-300/9-hugh-freeze--470-million.jpg" alt="" />
<p><p><strong>School</strong>:&nbsp;Mississippi</p>
<p><strong>Conference</strong>:&nbsp;SEC</p>
<p><strong>School Salary</strong>: $4.70 million</p>
<p><strong>Other Pay</strong>:&nbsp;<span>$3,500</span></p>
<p><strong>Potential Bonus</strong>:&nbsp;<span>$1.23 million</span></p>
<p><span><strong>Championships (conference/national)</strong>: 1/0</span></p>
<p><strong>One thing to know</strong>: Freeze received an <a href="http://www.clarionledger.com/story/olemisssports/2014/12/12/ole-miss-releases-hugh-freeze-contract-details/20311065/">extension following the 2014 season</a>&nbsp;and <a href="http://www.redcuprebellion.com/2016/1/6/10726214/ole-miss-extends-hugh-freezes-contract-by-one-year-and-gives-him-a" target="_blank">another one this past summer</a> that has him under contract through 2019.&nbsp;After reaching No. 3 in the AP poll in each of the past two seasons, Ole Miss is in danger of missing out on a bowl game this season.</p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>8. Gus Malzahn — $4.73 million</h3>
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<p><p><strong>School</strong>:&nbsp;Auburn</p>
<p><strong>Conference</strong>:&nbsp;SEC</p>
<p><strong>School Salary</strong>: $4.73 million</p>
<p><strong>Other Pay</strong>:&nbsp;<span>$4,500</span></p>
<p><strong>Potential Bonus</strong>:&nbsp;<span>$1.40 million</span></p>
<p><span><strong>Championships (conference/national)</strong>: 2/0</span></p>
<p><strong>One thing to know</strong>: Malzahn led Auburn to the BCS Championship game in his first season as head coach at Auburn. That earned him an early extension. But since then,&nbsp;Auburn is just 20-13 in 2.5 seasons. Still, Auburn gave Malzahn <a href="http://www.al.com/auburnfootball/index.ssf/2016/06/gus_malzahn_signs_extension_at.html" target="_blank">another extension this past summer</a> that has him under contract through 2020.</p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>7. Kevin Sumlin — $5.00 million</h3>
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<p><p><strong>School</strong>:&nbsp;Texas A&amp;M</p>
<p><strong>Conference</strong>:&nbsp;SEC</p>
<p><strong>School Salary</strong>: $5.00 million</p>
<p><strong>Other Pay</strong>:&nbsp;<span>not reported</span></p>
<p><strong>Potential Bonus</strong>:&nbsp;<span>$1.35 million</span></p>
<p><span><strong>Championships (conference/national)</strong>: 0/0</span></p>
<p><strong>One thing to know</strong>: With all the wealthy alumni opening their wallets, the rich Texas recruiting pool, and the allure of the SEC, it can be argued that <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/texas-am-is-the-best-coaching-job-in-college-football-and-kevin-sumlin-was-smart-to-stay-2013-12">Sumlin has the best coaching job in college football</a>. Of course, eventually pressure will mount, and the school is going to want more than just eight to nine&nbsp;wins per season.</p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>6. Charlie Strong — $5.20 million</h3>
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<p><p><strong>School</strong>:&nbsp;Texas</p>
<p><strong>Conference</strong>:&nbsp;Big 12</p>
<p><strong>School Salary</strong>: $5.20 million</p>
<p><strong>Other Pay</strong>:&nbsp;<span>$130</span></p>
<p><strong>Potential Bonus</strong>:&nbsp;<span>$1.01 million</span></p>
<p><span><strong>Championships (conference/national)</strong>: 2/0</span></p>
<p><strong>One thing to know</strong>: In 112 seasons before Charlie Strong, Texas had 13 losing seasons. Strong is on his way to his third&nbsp;losing season in three&nbsp;years. Reports have already emerged saying <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/texas-charlie-strong-houston-tom-herman-2016-10" target="_blank">Texas will fire Strong after the season</a>.</p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>5. Jimbo Fisher — $5.25 million</h3>
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<p><p><strong>School</strong>:&nbsp;Florida State</p>
<p><strong>Conference</strong>:&nbsp;ACC</p>
<p><strong>School Salary</strong>: $5.25 million</p>
<p><strong>Other Pay</strong>:&nbsp;<span>not reported</span></p>
<p><strong>Potential Bonus</strong>:&nbsp;<span>$1.48 million</span></p>
<p><span><strong>Championships (conference/national)</strong>: 3/1</span></p>
<p><strong>One thing to know</strong>: Before becoming head coach at Florida State, Fisher learned under some notable head coaches, serving as an assistant for Bobby Bowden, Nick Saban, Les Miles, and Terry Bowden at different times.</p>
<p>Things might have been much different for Fisher if the University of Alabama board of trustees did not reject his contract to become head coach at Alabama-Birmingham in 2007. Nowadays, <a href="http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2014/01/jimbo_fisher_glad_alabama_trus.html">Fisher says he is glad they did</a>.&nbsp;Now the question is whether or not Fisher leaves FSU to fill the vacancy at LSU.</p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>4. Bob Stoops — $5.55 million</h3>
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<p><p><strong>School</strong>:&nbsp;Oklahoma</p>
<p><strong>Conference</strong>:&nbsp;Big 12</p>
<p><strong>School Salary</strong>: $5.55 million</p>
<p><strong>Other Pay</strong>:&nbsp;<span>$0</span></p>
<p><strong>Potential Bonus</strong>:&nbsp;<span>$834,000</span></p>
<p><span><strong>Championships (conference/national)</strong>: 9/1</span></p>
<p><strong>One thing to know</strong>: Stoops has never had a losing season in 18 seasons as a head coach. Stoops has a storied coaching pedigree having served under Hayden Fry (who has one of the all-time great coaching trees), Bill Snyder (another Fry disciple), and Steve Spurrier. Stoops and Iowa's Kirk Ferentz are now the longest-tenured coaches in FBS.</p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>3. Urban Meyer — $6.09 million</h3>
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<p><p><strong>School</strong>:&nbsp;Ohio State</p>
<p><strong>Conference</strong>:&nbsp;Big Ten</p>
<p><strong>School Salary</strong>: $6.00 million</p>
<p><strong>Other Pay</strong>:&nbsp;<span>$91,800</span></p>
<p><strong>Potential Bonus</strong>:&nbsp;<span>$775,000</span></p>
<p><span><strong>Championships (conference/national)</strong>: 5/3</span></p>
<p><strong>One thing to know</strong>: After Meyer won his third national championship as a head coach during the 2014 season, he was rewarded with an extension, and yet he is still just the second-highest-paid coach in the Big Ten.&nbsp;</p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>2. Nick Saban — $6.94 million</h3>
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<p><p><strong>School</strong>:&nbsp;Alabama</p>
<p><strong>Conference</strong>:&nbsp;SEC</p>
<p><strong>School Salary</strong>: $6.94 million</p>
<p><strong>Other Pay</strong>:&nbsp;<span>not reported</span></p>
<p><strong>Potential Bonus</strong>:&nbsp;<span>$700,000</span></p>
<p><span><strong>Championships (conference/national)</strong>: 7/5</span></p>
<p><strong>One thing to know</strong>:&nbsp;<span>For highly successful coaches like Saban it can be difficult to determine just how much their job is worth financially. For example, shortly after flirting with the University of Texas in 2014, Saban got a new deal with Alabama and also had the </span><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/crimson-tide-boosters-nick-saban-mortgage-2014-10">$3 million mortgage on his house paid off by a foundation backed by University of Alabama boosters</a><span>.</span></p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>1. Jim Harbaugh — $9.00 million</h3>
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<p><p><strong>School</strong>:&nbsp;Michigan</p>
<p><strong>Conference</strong>:&nbsp;Big Ten</p>
<p><strong>School Salary</strong>: $9.00 million</p>
<p><strong>Other Pay</strong>:&nbsp;not&nbsp;<span>reported</span></p>
<p><strong>Potential Bonus</strong>:&nbsp;<span>$1.33 million</span></p>
<p><span><strong>Championships (conference/national)</strong>: 0/0</span></p>
<p><strong>One thing to know</strong>: Harbaugh's $5.0 million salary was raised to $7.0 million just prior to the start of his second season as Michigan's coach. The extra $2.0 million comes in the form of an insurance-premium payment by the school on a life insurance policy in Harbaugh's name. The school will make two payments this year (June and December), raising Harbaugh's total compensation in 2016 to $9.0 million.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.freep.com/story/sports/college/university-michigan/wolverines/2016/08/17/michigan-jim-harbaugh-contract/88910306/" target="_blank">According to the Detroit Free-Press</a>, the school gets its money back without interest when Harbaugh dies. However, the&nbsp;<span>death benefit is estimated&nbsp;be worth at least $20 million to his family.</span></p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>Now check out which schools make the most money in sports.</h3>
<img src="https://static1.businessinsider.com/image/57fd792d4046dd1c008b537f-400-300/now-check-out-which-schools-make-the-most-money-in-sports.jpg" alt="" />
<p><h3><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/schools-most-revenue-college-sports-2016-10" target="_blank">The 25 schools that make the most money in college sports</a></h3></p>
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